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the holmes family would like to maintain their privacy. we will not be discussing james or his relationship to the family. >> i know there are already people out there that could say to this mother and father, you raised a mass murderer, you failed as parents, but you don't agree with that. >> i don't. it's very difficult to be a parent. for parent who is do have a child who has a mental illness, it's not their fault. it's typically a combination between genetics, stress in their life and the individual's coping skills. in fact, if you think about it, when your child as a broken arm or leg you take them to the emergency room. mental illness is much more complex than that. we don't fully understand it. a young person who is on drugs can look like they are mentally ill. something mentally ill can look like they are on drugs. family, parent, teachers don't know how to recognize the signs even if they are seeing them. >> dave cullen wrote the book on colunbine. he said he wasn't bullied. it was a deep depression. here is what he told me. >> lo
the holmes family would like to maintain their privacy. we will not be discussing james or his relationship to the family. >> i know there are already people out there that could say to this mother and father, you raised a mass murderer, you failed as parents, but you don't agree with that. >> i don't. it's very difficult to be a parent. for parent who is do have a child who has a mental illness, it's not their fault. it's typically a combination between genetics, stress in their...
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holmes set off two devices to distract the crowd. they ignited in some form and released some sort irritant or smoke. and we know his car was parked nearby in the back. >> right this moment here they are. authorities, fbi, police, atf, they are very, very carefully approaching and trying to enter that third floor apartment of the suspected unman. when police got there they did confirm they found it has been booby trapped. >> we are not sure what we're dealing with in the home. they appear to be incendiary devices. there are some chemical elements there and also some incendiary elements that are linked together with all kinds of wires. as a layman it's not something i've ever seen before. we have a lot of smart bomb techs up there trying to figure out what we're going to do. >> again, the very latest information from aurora, colorado. police puts the number of dead in that movie theater shooting at 12, 59 people wounded. my volt is the best vehicle i've ever driven. i bought the car because of its efficiency. i bought the car because
holmes set off two devices to distract the crowd. they ignited in some form and released some sort irritant or smoke. and we know his car was parked nearby in the back. >> right this moment here they are. authorities, fbi, police, atf, they are very, very carefully approaching and trying to enter that third floor apartment of the suspected unman. when police got there they did confirm they found it has been booby trapped. >> we are not sure what we're dealing with in the home. they...
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jim spellman is near the complex where james holmes lives. what do we know it the president's visit and his agenda today? >> reporter: the president will arrive later this afternoon. we expect him to meet with the families of the victims and perhaps some of the wounded and local leaders here. that comes before the vigil later in the evening. the president not expected to speak at the vigil. he'll depart and head to san francisco early in the evening. randi? >> and as far as tomorrow, what can we expect from this arraignment? the suspected gunman is going to be in court for his first hearing. any news on what to expect from that? >> reporter: well, the court documents are sealed at this point. so we don't have a lot of insight. we haven't heard publicly what exactly is going to happen at the hearing. they could potentially charge him. if not, they'll have to deal with detaining him. perhaps some sort of bond hearing. it will be our first chance to get aook at him up close. we should know a lot more about how the state -- how the state of color
jim spellman is near the complex where james holmes lives. what do we know it the president's visit and his agenda today? >> reporter: the president will arrive later this afternoon. we expect him to meet with the families of the victims and perhaps some of the wounded and local leaders here. that comes before the vigil later in the evening. the president not expected to speak at the vigil. he'll depart and head to san francisco early in the evening. randi? >> and as far as...
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not for james holmes', you know, behavior. he probably would have been, you know, gone this route no matter what the movie was at the time. but did we give him a blueprint? did we show him how to do it? >> so originally, you were going to come on and talk about your new movie until these shootings. what is the movie? >> loving a bad man about a lady who suffers a tragedy in her personal life and overcomes it. >> i want your unique perspective. you just happened to be in the area. you've played bad characters in films and been in many violent films. >> sure. >> basically what kromiller the film maker was saying is maybe there is some responsibility hollywood has and in some way we are initiating some of this. what do you think? >> i think it is fair to say media, movies, video games, things like that do desensitize a lot of people in situations like this. i think you can't fully credit that for situations like this. this guy obviously snapped. he planned this thing. makes no sense. evil has entered into the picture here. >> rig
not for james holmes', you know, behavior. he probably would have been, you know, gone this route no matter what the movie was at the time. but did we give him a blueprint? did we show him how to do it? >> so originally, you were going to come on and talk about your new movie until these shootings. what is the movie? >> loving a bad man about a lady who suffers a tragedy in her personal life and overcomes it. >> i want your unique perspective. you just happened to be in the...
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holmes surrendered to police in the theater parking lot. a witness describe what is he saw. >> somebody kicked the emergency exit and started throwing gas grenades and started shooting. at first it took me a minute for me to realize exactly what was going on and i hit the ground so i wouldn't be hit. all i saw was -- i heard the sound of metal canisters clinking around and then i saw plumings of smoke. >> the suspect had four weapons a rifle, a shotgun and two handguns. officials say he acted alone. police searched the suspect's residence believing there may be explosives there. no explosives were found. we expect to hear more at a news conference roughly three hours from now. let's bring in susan candiotti in new york who will tell us who about how the suspect was apprehended. >> law enforcent officials are trying to piece together what happened not only there their own investigation but what they're getting from witnesses inside the theater. they're saying when he showed up inside the theaters, officials are saying he went to the front of
holmes surrendered to police in the theater parking lot. a witness describe what is he saw. >> somebody kicked the emergency exit and started throwing gas grenades and started shooting. at first it took me a minute for me to realize exactly what was going on and i hit the ground so i wouldn't be hit. all i saw was -- i heard the sound of metal canisters clinking around and then i saw plumings of smoke. >> the suspect had four weapons a rifle, a shotgun and two handguns. officials...
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let me get to a statement from katie holmes and tom cruise' and rather katy holm's attorney says that the case has been settled and the case has been settled and we are excited for katy and her family and are excited as to watch as she embarks on the next chapter of her life. and tom cruise says we are committed as parents to accomplish what is in our daughter's best interest. we want matters of the family private and respect for each other's commitment to our respective beliefs and support each other's role as parents. a lot of the behind the scenes discussions and in fact, over the weekend, the paparazzi snapped foe tes of her going back and forth to attorney's office and both sides have kept mom since that filing of june 28th when she was seeking sole custody of little suri, and the fact that this has all happened right now is really surprising. tom cruise has been out of the spotlight and shooting a movie in iceland and photograph ed on his private jet but people are wondering what the contents of the divorce settlement is going to be, and don't hold your breath, because it will b
let me get to a statement from katie holmes and tom cruise' and rather katy holm's attorney says that the case has been settled and the case has been settled and we are excited for katy and her family and are excited as to watch as she embarks on the next chapter of her life. and tom cruise says we are committed as parents to accomplish what is in our daughter's best interest. we want matters of the family private and respect for each other's commitment to our respective beliefs and support...
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what can we expect when holmes appears in court today? i'm joined by criminal defense attorney sharon lico. thanks for being with us this morning. most of the documents in the case file are sealed. a gag order restricts what attorneys and law enforcement officers can say about the case. is this unusual? >> it's the way it needs to be. this case has to be tried in a courtroom, not by the media, not in the press. remember, they have to get an impartial jury and it's going to be hard enough given all the pretrial publicity. i would expect the defense possibly will file a motion to change venue so that it's not heard in arapahoe county but heard somewhere else in the state of colorado where people aren't as emotionally charged. >> some details are expected to come out in court today. what can we expect? >> we can expect to hear a laundry list of charges. i would expect at least a hundred charges against him -- murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault. we're going to hear issues regarding his notebook that he sent to the psychiatrist and t
what can we expect when holmes appears in court today? i'm joined by criminal defense attorney sharon lico. thanks for being with us this morning. most of the documents in the case file are sealed. a gag order restricts what attorneys and law enforcement officers can say about the case. is this unusual? >> it's the way it needs to be. this case has to be tried in a courtroom, not by the media, not in the press. remember, they have to get an impartial jury and it's going to be hard enough...
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. >>> blackouts, suspected shooter james holmes back in court. you won't see him no cameras, n cell phones, no recording devices. why aren't you being allowed to see what's going on inside the courtroom? >>> a mistake -- dick cheney coming out swinging, being one of the few top republicans to say john mccain's pick of sarah palin as vp was a bad choice. >>> and they call her the missile, missy franklin, just 17 and already turning heads in london. the female michael phelps, as some call her, dives in today for two very crucial races. "newsroom" begins right now. >>> good morning. thank you so much for joining us. happy monday to you. i'm carol costello. we begin in poland this morning where just a few minutes ago mitt romney arrived on the third and final leg of his overseas trip. but it's his tough talk on iran that's still getting a lot of attention. romney says no option should be taken off the table to prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon. >> we must not delude ourselves into thinking containment is an option. we must lead the effort
. >>> blackouts, suspected shooter james holmes back in court. you won't see him no cameras, n cell phones, no recording devices. why aren't you being allowed to see what's going on inside the courtroom? >>> a mistake -- dick cheney coming out swinging, being one of the few top republicans to say john mccain's pick of sarah palin as vp was a bad choice. >>> and they call her the missile, missy franklin, just 17 and already turning heads in london. the female michael...
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>>> more drama in the tom cruise/katie holmes divorce. the church of scientology denies it's tracking holmes' every move. and this could get really ugly. >> it could. but carol, first of all, we have to say happy birthday to tom cruise, because he turns 50 years old today. and i'm sure he's not in much of a mood to celebrate, right, because of the new reports that issues over raising 6-year-old suri in strict scientology is what drove katie holmes, who was raised catholic, to file for divorce. now these divorce documents are not public, but website tmz is quoting unnamed sources saying that now that suri is of school age, katie feared tom would send her away to a controversial training program for young people, described as a boot camp for scientology. and tmz is also saying that scientology officials are denying that the little girl would ever be a candidate for the program, saying she would have to be 16 years old to participate in that. meantime, though, for katie, the show is going on in new york city. she is reportedly enrolled suri
>>> more drama in the tom cruise/katie holmes divorce. the church of scientology denies it's tracking holmes' every move. and this could get really ugly. >> it could. but carol, first of all, we have to say happy birthday to tom cruise, because he turns 50 years old today. and i'm sure he's not in much of a mood to celebrate, right, because of the new reports that issues over raising 6-year-old suri in strict scientology is what drove katie holmes, who was raised catholic, to...
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james holmes is in court for the second time since his arrest. this time, news cameras are waiting outside. the judge has clamped down on coverage, gagging the lawyers and sealing the case file. they're appealing, holmes is not expected to enter a plea nor are prosecutors expected to announce whether they'll seek the death penalty. we expect talk of the suspect's mental competency, and they'll try to get back a letter he mailed to his psychiatrist. paul is joining me, a former new york prosecutor and criminal trial lawyer and cnn contributor. boy, lots to talk about here, paul. >> lots. >> why don't we -- do you think this case hinges right now on the question of his sanity? >> oh, it most definitely does because let's face it, the evidence against him is overwhelming. there's, you know, a theater full of witnesses, and he's caught by the police, and they have evidence about the apartment being wired, bombs set up. you know, factually, i think it's not hard to prove he committed this act. the only real issue is was he sane? and we'll see that tod
james holmes is in court for the second time since his arrest. this time, news cameras are waiting outside. the judge has clamped down on coverage, gagging the lawyers and sealing the case file. they're appealing, holmes is not expected to enter a plea nor are prosecutors expected to announce whether they'll seek the death penalty. we expect talk of the suspect's mental competency, and they'll try to get back a letter he mailed to his psychiatrist. paul is joining me, a former new york...
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just before the killings, holmes apparently sent a package to the university of colorado in raraur aurora where he had recently dropped out of classes, and the content times reportedly showed a fury was building. >> we were told that there is verbiage, kind of a pent-up was the phrase used, writings about shooting people, and that there were some very rudimentary images in there of a shooter and victims. >> cheryl o root is a forensic psychologist and expert on the criminal mind. she is joining us from los angeles. welcome. >> thank you. good to be here. >> when you first heard about this notebook showing up at the university of colorado, what went through your mind? >> it made me really wish that they had received this in time. it does seem like this was a cry for help. it seems like this was something that when mr. holmes was preparing this, it seems like he was really trying to communicate about what he had been planning to do, and if someone had seen it, it might have triggered a duty to warn, which would have trumped his confidentiality and would have allowed them to warn and take ac
just before the killings, holmes apparently sent a package to the university of colorado in raraur aurora where he had recently dropped out of classes, and the content times reportedly showed a fury was building. >> we were told that there is verbiage, kind of a pent-up was the phrase used, writings about shooting people, and that there were some very rudimentary images in there of a shooter and victims. >> cheryl o root is a forensic psychologist and expert on the criminal mind....
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james holmes' first appearance in a colorado courtroom was bizarre. was he slipping into madness or faking it? he was sporting a mop of orange and red dyed hair. jim spellman was inside that courtroom for the hearing. he joins us now live from aurora. any evidence that he was on some kind of drug, jim? >> reporter: absolutely not, and we asked folks from the sheriff's department there, and they said we don't know, and if we do, we wouldn't tell you. but we have no indication he was drugged. it's so hard, you hear all of poppy's reporting about the details about what he allegedly set up in the apartment and you hear from eyewitnesses what happened inside that theater. and then to try to square that with this image of this guy kind of shuffling into court. to me he just struck me as being small and weak. he scanned the room quickly, then sort of stared away blankly with this bizarre look on his face. it's so hard to put together how somebody who looks to me so ineffectual and weak could have potentially put all of this together. it's just bizarre to try
james holmes' first appearance in a colorado courtroom was bizarre. was he slipping into madness or faking it? he was sporting a mop of orange and red dyed hair. jim spellman was inside that courtroom for the hearing. he joins us now live from aurora. any evidence that he was on some kind of drug, jim? >> reporter: absolutely not, and we asked folks from the sheriff's department there, and they said we don't know, and if we do, we wouldn't tell you. but we have no indication he was...
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for the first time, neighbors of accused shooter james holmes are allowed to go back home. over the weekend, police diffused a catastrophic booby trap in his apartment. the killings are fuelling a new gun control debate in the presidential race. president obama and republican mitt romney are trading jabs. more on that in a few minutes. but here's the sobering development. just before the killings, holmes apparently sent a package to the university of colorado in raraur aurora where he had recently dropped out of classes, and the content times reportedly showed a fury was building. >> we were told that there is verbiage, kind of a pent-up was the phrase used, writings about shooting people, and that there were some very rudimentary images in there of a shooter and victims. >> cheryl o root is a forensic psychologist and expert on the criminal mind. she is joining us from los angeles. welcome. >> thank you. good to be here. >> when you first heard about this notebook showing up at the university of colorado, what went through your mind? >> it made me really wish that they had
for the first time, neighbors of accused shooter james holmes are allowed to go back home. over the weekend, police diffused a catastrophic booby trap in his apartment. the killings are fuelling a new gun control debate in the presidential race. president obama and republican mitt romney are trading jabs. more on that in a few minutes. but here's the sobering development. just before the killings, holmes apparently sent a package to the university of colorado in raraur aurora where he had...
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this morning we're learning more about holmes' past and what police found in his apartment. >>> jackson mystery. michael's mother katherine reported missing this weekend tells police in arizona that she is fine. the grandkids that have lived with her wondering where she is. a missing persons report was even filed. inside this really strange and bizarre story, straight ahead. >>> and power right in your wallet. a new iphone charger the size of a credit card saves you when you run out of juice. we'll show it to you in 20 minutes. "newsroom" begins right now. good morning, i'm zoraid zoraida sambolin sitting in for carolyn costello. penn state faces the stunning blow from jerry sandusky. they face the penalties of the school's cover-ups in the scandal. the penalties are described as unprecedented. steve is in pennsylvania where they're holding the news conference. what can you tell us? >> we're meeting with the executive chairman of the ncaa followed by a question and answer session in indianapolis, and we're expected to hear penalties on penn state university. one source familiar with the
this morning we're learning more about holmes' past and what police found in his apartment. >>> jackson mystery. michael's mother katherine reported missing this weekend tells police in arizona that she is fine. the grandkids that have lived with her wondering where she is. a missing persons report was even filed. inside this really strange and bizarre story, straight ahead. >>> and power right in your wallet. a new iphone charger the size of a credit card saves you when you...
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james holmes facing a colorado judge this hour. live cameras in the courtroom. >>> penn state football escapes the so-called death penalty, but the punishment just handed down by the ncaa may be even worse. >>> and drew peterson goes on trial for the murder of his third wife while the disappearance of wife number four is still an open case. >>> we begin with a death penalty for penn state football, well, not so much, but this is definitely going to hurt. just this morning, the university got slapped with a massive penalty that will last for years to come. among the most brutal, a $60 million fine. a four-year post-season ban and a forfeit of all football wins since 1998. you know what that means? joe paterno loses his title as winningest coach in major college football history. all of this in the wake of that child sex abuse scandal involving former assistant football coach jerry sandusky. rumors of the massive fine trickled out on sunday, the same time paterno's iconic statue on campus was wrapped in plastic, covered with a blanke
james holmes facing a colorado judge this hour. live cameras in the courtroom. >>> penn state football escapes the so-called death penalty, but the punishment just handed down by the ncaa may be even worse. >>> and drew peterson goes on trial for the murder of his third wife while the disappearance of wife number four is still an open case. >>> we begin with a death penalty for penn state football, well, not so much, but this is definitely going to hurt. just this...
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of the flame red hair. 12 people killed, 58 wounds and from what we now thus far, really this james holmes has no major digital footprint. he appeared on a couple of dating websites but not too much beyond that. there you have it. this package from the university of colorado mail room. >>> since friday's shooting people have been buying more guns. they want to buy a lot more guns. my next guest says over the i need a gunmenalty, let's focus on something else. she's in the very thick of the debate there. ♪ ♪ i want to go ♪ i want to win [ breathes deeply ] ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i want to grow ♪ i want to try ♪ i can almost touch the sky [ male announcer ] even the planet has an olympic dream. dow is proud to support that dream by helping provide greener, more sustainable solutions from the olympic village to the stadium. solutionism. the new optimism.™ ♪ this dream the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. that's why my doctor recom
of the flame red hair. 12 people killed, 58 wounds and from what we now thus far, really this james holmes has no major digital footprint. he appeared on a couple of dating websites but not too much beyond that. there you have it. this package from the university of colorado mail room. >>> since friday's shooting people have been buying more guns. they want to buy a lot more guns. my next guest says over the i need a gunmenalty, let's focus on something else. she's in the very thick of...
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because that's supposedly what katie holmes is worried about as far as her daughter is concerned, that suri is going to have to board this yacht to be indoctrinated, this boot camp for scientologists. is that true or not true? >> well, the scientologists do operate this yacht on which certain members come onboard for certain types of experiences and sort of dealings with the church. but i think it gets to this basic issue, which is that from the beginning, scientologiy has always been this very embattled religion. you have people that question its validity as a religion itself. you have the medical establishment, which has concerns about scientology's rejection of psychiatry and psychiatric drugs. rather than those drugs, the church encourages this process of auditing to relive these traumatic experiences that we talked about. there is the irs in the united states that for a long time denied granting the church tax exempt status that other american churches enjoy. so from the beginning, there have always been questions about the validity of scientology. and of course this whole controv
because that's supposedly what katie holmes is worried about as far as her daughter is concerned, that suri is going to have to board this yacht to be indoctrinated, this boot camp for scientologists. is that true or not true? >> well, the scientologists do operate this yacht on which certain members come onboard for certain types of experiences and sort of dealings with the church. but i think it gets to this basic issue, which is that from the beginning, scientologiy has always been...
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the suspect, james holmes, was being treated by a psychiatrist at the university of colorado before the shooting that took 12 lives and injured dozens more. the psychiatrist who he was reportedly seeing has a chilling specialty, skchizophreniaschizo. >> reporter: will this all surfaced through a series of court motions. last monday, this notebook was delivered to the university. at that point, the police, aurora plaolice a the d.a.'s office got this notebook and leaks afternopparently happened there were writings that he wanted to do some sort of violence.defense said there's a gag order, shouldn't be anything out there and this this is privileged material. that's where it stands. that will be determined at a hearing on monday. what will does tell us for sure is that he was seeking psychiatric care from this professor at the university. and that he did write some sort of thing in this notebook. beyond that, we're really not certain. we don't know how long he was seeing the psychiatrist terrorist or why. we have no indication at all that he was seeing her because he had any inclinations
the suspect, james holmes, was being treated by a psychiatrist at the university of colorado before the shooting that took 12 lives and injured dozens more. the psychiatrist who he was reportedly seeing has a chilling specialty, skchizophreniaschizo. >> reporter: will this all surfaced through a series of court motions. last monday, this notebook was delivered to the university. at that point, the police, aurora plaolice a the d.a.'s office got this notebook and leaks afternopparently...
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michael holmes joining us. let's talk a little bit about this one particular site that was destroyed. this gate, if you will. do people actually believe, anybody believe that the apocalypse is going to happen because the gate has been destroyed? >> the locals do. those who believe this tomb was so holy that the gate would not be open until the last day of earth. well, yeah, they think bad things are going to happen now because of this. the extremists who done it, no, they say, as you said, that it's idolatry, it's not their version of islam where tombs should not be any higher than six inches off the ground. >> you and i were talking about this. you said this is a case of muslim versus muslim. can you explain that? >> yeah, when you or i were ahead of this story, actually, we talked about mali a couple months ago. it was the turak rebel who wanted to set up a homeland in the north of the country, kicked out the government soldiers from there. they worked with islamists when they were fighting, the government so
michael holmes joining us. let's talk a little bit about this one particular site that was destroyed. this gate, if you will. do people actually believe, anybody believe that the apocalypse is going to happen because the gate has been destroyed? >> the locals do. those who believe this tomb was so holy that the gate would not be open until the last day of earth. well, yeah, they think bad things are going to happen now because of this. the extremists who done it, no, they say, as you...
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pick up the pieces and recover and how about the people who lived in the same building where james holmes once lived, and they were evacuated and you know, not allowed to return for nearly a week. have you had a chance to talk to them or what are their feelings? >> we did. cnn did have a chance to talk to them, and we were, our cameras were rolling yesterday when police allowed, started to allow people to go back in permanently. at first they were allowed to go back there to get some of their belong inings to get to where e they were staying to a hotel or relative, but yesterday they took down the police tape and allow ed them wider access, but the interesting thing, fred, is that some folks are choosing not to go back. they are choosing to go back to get their things, but not comfortable yet. most of the people are choosing not the stay permanently, but a few of them said, i am glad to be back to sleep in my own bed and hopefully things will start to get back to normal soon, but i think that it is interesting because of all of the explosive s that investigators say that were in that apar
pick up the pieces and recover and how about the people who lived in the same building where james holmes once lived, and they were evacuated and you know, not allowed to return for nearly a week. have you had a chance to talk to them or what are their feelings? >> we did. cnn did have a chance to talk to them, and we were, our cameras were rolling yesterday when police allowed, started to allow people to go back in permanently. at first they were allowed to go back there to get some of...
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james holmes had enough fire power to turn himself into a one man milita. he had a portable arsenal for the assault on that movie theater. he had an ar-15 assault rifle, a shotgun. a .40 caliber glock. another in his car and a stockpile of 6,000 rounds. all of it purchased legally. none of it raising any red flags for anyone. few of our lawmakers have been willing to talk about gun control even before this. a group called for reforms. they renewed the call to ban the extended rounds. >> this has nothing to do with second amendment rights. this was made for military, for police. this is meant to kill as many people as possible in the shortest period of time. >> we cannot let the nra stop us from common sense reforms anymore. we cannot let them. >> for the gop there's never a right time to talk about gun control. mitt romney, his surrogate says the conversation must stay on the victims. >> i still believe that the second amendment is the right course to preserve and defend and don't believe that new laws are going to make a difference in this type of tragedy.
james holmes had enough fire power to turn himself into a one man milita. he had a portable arsenal for the assault on that movie theater. he had an ar-15 assault rifle, a shotgun. a .40 caliber glock. another in his car and a stockpile of 6,000 rounds. all of it purchased legally. none of it raising any red flags for anyone. few of our lawmakers have been willing to talk about gun control even before this. a group called for reforms. they renewed the call to ban the extended rounds. >>...
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michael holms is joining us to talk about this, and first of all explain to us, because we were talking about this before, there is no democratically elected leader of the country yet and tell us what these elections are about first. >> well, it is important elections because it is the first time that libyans have had anything to vote for since the mid-le 1960s. so they elect a congress who will oversee the writing of the constitution and then pick a government and then main parliamentary elections next year, because until now we have had the national transitional group which was formeded in benghazi and went to tripoli when khadafy fell, and have been running things. >> how have they been doing? they have a organized council and not a leader per se. >> well, the national transitional council has had the leaders and the problem is that -- well, look at it this way, libya does fnot run like a normal country. it is tribal, and tribe is above everything else and above nationalism or country or anything else and people in benghazi say we don't want tripoli telling us what to do, and they al
michael holms is joining us to talk about this, and first of all explain to us, because we were talking about this before, there is no democratically elected leader of the country yet and tell us what these elections are about first. >> well, it is important elections because it is the first time that libyans have had anything to vote for since the mid-le 1960s. so they elect a congress who will oversee the writing of the constitution and then pick a government and then main parliamentary...
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michael holmes is here to talk about the war games and the timing is important, because the european union to decide to go forward with the em bar doe go and how threatened does iran feel? >> well, economically very threatened and all of this is tying into that. what we have seen is the eu embargo on the iranian oil coming into full effect as of july 1st. what that will do is that 18% of iran's exports came from european imports, and that has all gone now, and you are talking about hundreds of millions of dollar and major export country has found that it is using the market that it has had and also that the countries can not insure the oil and giving iran a hard time, and yes, it comes right at the time when they are doing the war games which is basically flexing their muscle in the region saying, hey, we can take care of ourselves while you are pressuring us about the nuclear issue. >> and the oil embargo is 80% of the revenue they are getting, and it is coming from the oil they are exporting? >> 80% of the foreign oil, and the foreign revenues comes from oil. yes, something like ha
michael holmes is here to talk about the war games and the timing is important, because the european union to decide to go forward with the em bar doe go and how threatened does iran feel? >> well, economically very threatened and all of this is tying into that. what we have seen is the eu embargo on the iranian oil coming into full effect as of july 1st. what that will do is that 18% of iran's exports came from european imports, and that has all gone now, and you are talking about...